Worldwide Protests Challenge Fracking Industry

On Saturday, October 19th, from Romania to Canada and beyond, protests of varying size took place all over the globe to bring attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

The events, part of a worldwide effort by Global Frackdown, are designed to raise public awareness about the environmental and health threats posed by fracking, as well as to signal to oil and gas companies that citizens are not willing to be passive when it comes to the health of their communities. Global Frackdown held their first mass protests in September 2012, spanning 20 different countries.

In Romania, more than 1,000 protestors showed up to demonstrate against Chevron. The oil giant currently has plans to begin natural gas fracking in local villages, and citizens are concerned over the safety of their water supply if the plan goes through. Chevron has been forced to temporarily halt their activities in Romania due to the massive public backlash, but currently has plans to resume if the protests die down.

"Fossil-fuel companies have spent millions funding anti-global-warming think tanks, purposely creating a climate of doubt around the science. DeSmogBlog is the antidote to that obfuscation." ~ BRYAN WALSH, TIME MAGAZINE

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